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  2. John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park - Wikipedia

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    John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park is a Florida State Park located on Key Largo in Florida. It includes approximately 70 nautical square miles (240 km 2 ) of adjacent Atlantic Ocean waters. The park is approximately 25 miles in length and extends 3 miles into the Atlantic Ocean along the prominent Hawk Channel passage.

  3. Key Largo, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Key Largo is the location of the first undersea park in the United States, established in 1963, and called the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park (located at Mile Marker 102). The park is primarily offshore and stretches 3 miles (5 km) into the Atlantic Ocean and is 25 miles (40 km) long.

  4. Florida Reef - Wikipedia

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    A perceived deterioration of the reefs became a concern in the 1950s. Early attempts to protect the reefs led to the establishment in 1960 of a protected area that became John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. The creation of Biscayne National Monument (which later became Biscayne National Park) in 1968 protected the northern part of the Florida ...

  5. In a first, sea rise kills off a Florida Keys species ... - AOL

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    The Key Largo tree cactus (Pilosocereus millspaughii) at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in 2016, with many stems chlorotic and/or collapsed. Hurricane Irma, which walloped the island chain ...

  6. Pennekamp (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Pennekamp (foaled 1992) is an American-bred, French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Notable people with the surname include: Erich Pennekamp (1929–2013), German water polo player; John Pennekamp, namesake of the John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park; Marianne Pennekamp (1924–2021), German-born American social worker and Holocaust ...

  7. Why journalism matters: With the Herald in the lead ... - AOL

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    No one at the 1947 dedication had more to do with the creation of the national park than the Miami Herald’s editor, John Pennekamp, Robert Sanchez says.

  8. Gilbert L. Voss - Wikipedia

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    Gilbert L. Voss (1918 – 23 January 1989) was an American conservationist and oceanographer. [1] He was one of the main persons behind the establishment of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo, Florida and he spoke out successfully against several proposed real estate developments that might have threatened the ecology of the Florida Keys.

  9. French Reef - Wikipedia

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    French Reef is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.It lies 11 kilometres (5.9 nmi; 6.8 mi) southeast of Key Largo, within the Key Largo Existing Management Area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, which is immediately to the east of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park.

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